DiceRoller - Slashdot User

Comment Just like in the movies (Score 1) 636

by DiceRoller on Thursday April 11, 2013 @11:51AM (#43423025) Attached to: North Korean Missile Raised To Firing Position, Says US Official

James Bond will step in any minute to save us... any minute now...

Comment Preparing (Score 1) 609

by DiceRoller on Wednesday October 21, 2009 @01:56PM (#29826011) Attached to: Toyota Experimenting With Joystick Control For Cars

I wonder if they are trying to prepare us for flying cars? Just like the computer mouse. You introduce new concepts slowly so that the next new technology is easier to grasp.

Comment Re:AM radio! (Score 1) 635

by DiceRoller on Thursday June 04, 2009 @08:59AM (#28208179) Attached to: You've Dropped Your Landline — Now What?

So that's what AM is. I thought it was just an off button to FM radio!

Comment Re:Be Crafty - negotiate well. (Score 1) 800

by DiceRoller on Thursday June 04, 2009 @08:52AM (#28208087) Attached to: Buying a Domain From a Cybersquatter

You could also try waiting till the domain expires and they have to renew and try to register it then before they do. That takes time and cunning skills.

Comment Mistaken Idenity (Score 2, Insightful) 171

by DiceRoller on Friday April 25, 2008 @09:56AM (#23197170) Attached to: Companies To Be Liable For Deals With Online Criminals

.. but what happens if I Jason Smith am not a criminal and there happens to be a Jason Smith criminal out there that isn't me. Also who in their right mind uses their real name on the internet? Just gives the goverment more knowledge where you are on the internet. ( I'm still stuck on Baker St on the internet).

Submission + - Corkscrew cups could keep space drinks flowing

Submitted by holy_calamity on Thursday January 17, 2008 @12:46PM

holy_calamity writes: A Canadian chemical engineer has a novel solution to containing liquids in space. He has been experimenting with corkscrews of ribbon-like material that keep liquids suspended in their centre in microgravity thanks to surface tension. The helical containers allow the fluid to be sucked out of the coil in one go — unlike more conventional shapes like coffee cups where interaction between a liquid's internal pressure and the container makes it break into annoying globules you have to chase with a straw.

Feed Science Daily: New Theory Of How Viruses May Contribute To Cancer (sciencedaily.com)

From feed by sdfeed on Wednesday October 24, 2007 @10:12AM

Viruses may contribute to cancer by causing excessive death to normal cells while promoting the growth of surviving cells with cancerous traits. Viruses may act as forces of natural selection by wiping out normal cells that support the replication of viruses, leaving behind those cells that have acquired defects in their circuitry.

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